青少年自殺率拉高
Ricky and Liz are both teachers in a junior high school.
瑞奇和麗茲都是國中老師。
Ricky: Have you noticed one thing? The parents now are devoted to their children, but the children seem to be very unhappy.
瑞奇：你有注意到嗎？現在父母對小朋友非常用心照顧，但是孩子們似乎活得很不高興。
notice(v.)注意be devoted to致力於seem to RV似乎
Liz: Teenagers nowadays have a better relationship with their parents compared to us.
麗茲：與我們相比，如今的青少年與他們父母之間的關係更好。
relationship(n.)關係compared to sth.與之比較
Ricky: But at the same time, they have a higher rate to kill themselves or get depression.
瑞奇：但同時，青少年自殺或罹患憂鬱症的機率卻更高。
at the same time同時rate(n.)機率、比率depression(n.)憂鬱症
Liz: That’s true. Some of my students have been seeing therapists. I wonder why.
麗茲：對耶，我的有些學生一直在看心理醫生。真想知道為什麼。
therapist(n.)治療師
Ricky: I think the Internet is one reason. It has forced the kids to face peer pressure at a very young age.
瑞奇：我覺得網路是一個原因，迫使孩子們在很小的時候就面臨同儕壓力。
force(v.)強迫face(v.)面對peer pressure同儕壓力
Liz: I think most of the parents now are too busy with their jobs and fail to provide the help their children need.
麗茲：現在大多數父母都太忙於工作，無法提供孩子所需的幫助。
fail to do sth.未能做到provide(v.)提供
Ricky: They just need to be more patient with their kids.
瑞奇：他們需要對孩子更有耐心。
be patient with有耐心